Washing-machine.



N0. 64I,7Il. Patented Jan. 23, I900.

0. &. G. A. LINEBARGER.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Nov. 10, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,711, dated January 23, 1900.

Application filed November 1899. $eria1 No. 736,476. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OLIVER LINEBARGER and CHARLES A. LINEBARGER, citizens of the United States, residing at Council Blufis, in

5 the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has relation to that class of rotary washing-machines in which the clothes are placed between two rubbers, one of which is spring-actuated to automatically press the clothes against the opposite rubber in the operation of washing.

It is the purpose of the invention to improve the above class of washing-machines in the several details of construction whereby a more perfect and easily-operatingmachine is provided; and it consists in a machine constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a sectional elevation of a washing-machine constructed in accordance with our invention, showing the cover thereof opened and closed in full and dotted lines, respectively; Fig. 2, a top plan view with the cover removed to show the interior thereof; Fig. 3, a detail view in perspective of the spring-actuated rubber.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the suds receptacle or tub, of any preferred construction and preferably lined with zinc, and is provided with a hinged cover B, having a segmental cleat a, which extends into the receptacle or tub when the cover is closed down thereon. The cover may be provided with a suitable fastening device to tightly hold the cover down in place, such as a hasp b, engaging with a staple c, or by any other convenient and Wellknown means.

A rotary rubber-head C is located in one side of the suds receptacle or tub and has the usual radial ribs 01 upon its inner face, against which the clothes to be washed are brought 50 in contact. This rotary rubber-head is provided witha suitable crank-handle D for rotating the same, the shaft 6 of the handle resting in the metal bearing f in the side of the receptacle or tub A and is held down thereon by means of a removable bearing block E. This block is provided with metal plates 9 2', secured to the opposite sides thereof and extending beyond the edges to form locking-flanges, which are adapted to embrace the side wall of the receptacle or tub and hold the block in place, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. This block, with its locking-plates, may be lifted out of the recess in the side wall of the receptacle or tub, which will admit of the crank-handle and rubber= head being removed. A second rubber-head F is provided, which is spring-actuated and,- like the rubber-head O, has radial ribs h and is rounded upon its lower edge, as shown at K, to admit the free passage of water behind it by forming a space between the bottom and sides of the receptacle or tub and the lower portion of the rubber-head. This construction of the rubber-head F will admit of less resistance when the head is pressed out wardly and inwardly, as the water has free passage from the back to the front of the rubber-head, and vice versa.

Unlike the spring-actuated rubber-heads heretofore employed in the washing-machines 8c of this character there are a plurality of springs, as shown at G, four of such springs being preferably used. These spiral springs G are secured in any suitable manner to the back of the rubber-head F and to a suitable metal frame H, which retain the springs in their relative position to each other. This frame H is adapted to interlock with a supporting-plate I to hold the rubber-head, with its springs, in position in the suds receptacle 0 or tub and admit of the rubber-head yielding in any direction to adapt itself to the change in position of the clothes.

The rubber-head F is preferably termed a stationary rubber in contradistinction to the head will yield in any direction, thereby rendering the machine more effective in its operation without injury to the clothes.

The rubber-head F may be readily detached from the su pporting-plate I and removed from the machine for cleaning or repairing, as may be found necessary.

The suds-receptacle and the rubber-heads may be variously modified or changed in the details of construction without affecting the essential features of the invention.

Having now fully described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be obtained by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a washing-machine, a suitable suds receptacle or tub, a rotatable rubber-head, a stationary rubber-head, a metal frame, suitable springs connecting the rubber-head with the frame, and a supporting-plate upon the interior of the tub for attaching the frame to the tub, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a washing-machine, a suitable suds receptacle or tub, a rotatable rubber-head, a removable block having guide-plates to hold the shaft of the head in its bearing, a springactuated stationary rubber-head detachably connected to the interior of the receptacle or tub, said head being semicircular upon its lower end, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above We have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two Witnesses.

OLIVER LINEBARGER. CHARLES A. LINEBARGER.

Witnesses:

E. B. BOWMAN, JAS. N. CASADY, Jr. 

